Baby bunting bath set



1952 H. c. LORETTO BABY BUNTING BATH SET Filed Oct. 20, 1950 INVENTOR. HELEN C. LoaE-r'ro Mm v m ATTORNEYS I Patented Dec. 16, 1952 ,UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE BABY BUNTING BATH SET Helen C. Loretto, Navarre, Ohio Application October 20, 1950, Serial No. 191,143

1 Claim.

This invention relates to childrens garments, and more particularly to a bathrobe for infants.

A main object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved garment for infants, which is very simple in construction, which is easy to fabricate, and which is particularly adapted to be employed to receive an infant immediately after bathing the infant, for the purpose of drying the infant and keeping it warm.

A further object of the invention'is to provide an im ro ed bathrobe garment for infants, said garment being very inexpensive to manufacture, providing a maximum degree of protection for an infant, and allowing substantial freedom of movement for the infant after it has been placed in the garment subsequent to taking a bath.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description and claim, and from the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of an improved bathrobe garment for infants constructed in'accordance with the present invention;

Figure 2 is a front elevational view of the garment of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is an elevational view of the lower section of the garment prior to attachment of said lower section to the remainder of the garment;

Figure 4 is a top plan view of the section employed as the hood portion of the garment prior to forming said hood portion;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary, front -elevational view of the upper portion of the garment, shown in open position, and showing the connection of the hood portion of the garment to the lower section thereof;

Figure 6 is a side elevational view, partly broken away, of the upper portion of the garment, showing the connection of the hood portion to the lower section of the garment. Y

Referring to the drawings, the garment i generally designated at I l and comprises a hood portion l2 and a lower section l3. The" portions 12 and I3 of the garment are preferably made of toweling material, although any other suitable moisture-absorbing and comfortable material may be employed. The hood portion I2 is formed of a rectangular piece of goods, designated at l4 in Figure 4, which is formed with a series of pleats along its longitudinal center line, as shown at IS, in Figure 4, said pleats being covered by a length of ribbon I6 which is stretched thereover, the end portions of the pleats, shown at l1, l1, being left uncovered, so that they may be opened to enlarge the size of the hQQd- 12 forming the hood, it is folded along, its transverse center line to bring the edges of the margin I8 together. The folded edges Of themargin l8 are then stitched, after which the stitched edges may be covered by suitable ribbon I9, as shown in Figure 6.

The lower portion l3 of the garment is formed from a rectangular piece of goods, shown at 20, which is formed at its top edge with pleats 2| extending for the entire length of said top edge, as shown in Figure 3. The pleated top edge of the section 20 is stitched to the depending, lower edges of the hood l2, as shown at 22, in Figure 5. Stitched over the junction of the lower edges of the hood I2 and the pleated top margin 2| of the section 20 on the outside of the garment is the elongated, flexible section of ribbon 25, the ribbon having the loose ends 24, 24, which are employed for securing the garment in a closed condition around an infant. A length of tape 23 may be stitched over the seam between the pleated top margin of the lower section l3 and, the lower edges of the hood member I 2, as shown in Figure 5 In using the garment, the infant is placed therein and the free ribbon sections 24, 24 are tied together, as shown in Figures 1 and 2, to secure the garment in closed condition. since the garment is preferably made of toweling material, said garment may be employed in place of a bath towel, ample length being preferably provided for the lower portion [3, whereby said lower portion may be folded over the infant to act as a covering and to prevent drafts from reaching the child. In view of its distinctive construction, the garment is readily identifiable as belonging to the infant and cannot be mistaken for an ordinary towel.

The garment may be sold or marketed as a set including one or more suitably decorated wash cloths to be furnished in the same pack e with the garment. The various portions of the garment may be suitably colored and the various tapes and ribbons employed may also be colored to harmonize with the colors of the garment sections.

While. a specific embodiment of an improved bath garment for infants has been disclosed in the foregoing description, it will be understood that various modifications within the spirit of the invention may occur to those skilled in the art. It-js intended that no limitations be placed on the invention except as defined by the scope of theap'pended claim.

What is claimed is:

section of toweling material havingapleated top edge coextensive in length with the combined length of the bottom edges of said head-covering member, means uniting the pleatedato edgeiof said second section to said bottom edges of the head-covering member, and a flexible ribbon ele- 4 ment having its intermediate portion secured to the lower portion of the head-covering member and having its ends extending from the headcovering member, the lower portion of the second section being of substantial extent, and being adapted to be folded over the legs of an infant Wrapped in the garment.

HELEN C. LORETTO.

REFERENCES? GII'IZED 1 The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1374-938 Rosenberg Aug. 6, 1918 1,454,541 vFalvey May 8, 1923 1,773,644 Rudnick Aug. 19, 1930 

